Bottle-stopper



G; F. ATWOOD.

' No. 534,188. Patented Feb. 12, 1895.

PATENT, OFFICEe GEORGE FRENCH ATWOOD, OF WOBURN, MASSACHUSETTS.

BOTTLE-STOPPER.

srncIrIcA'rIoN forming part of Letters Patent No. 534,188, datedFebruary 12, 1895.

Application filed January 19, 1894. Serial No. 497,347. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it. known that I, GEORGE FRENCH AT- WOOD, a citizen of the UnitedStates, residing at Woburn, in the county of Middlesex and State ofMassachusetts, have invented certain new and useful lmprovements inBottle-Stoppers; and I do declare the following to be a full, clear, andexactdescription of the invention, such as will enable others skilledinthe art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

My invention relates to improvements in bottle stoppers; and it has forits general object to provide a stopper embodying a cheap and simpledevice whereby it may be readily extracted from a bottle without theemployment of a cork puller or similar implement.

Other objects and advantages of the inven- 7 tion will be fullyunderstood from the following description and claim when taken inconnection with the annexed drawings, in which- Figure l, is a vertical,diametrical section of a stopper embodying my improvements, in-positionin the mouth of a bottle. Fig. 2, is a sectional perspective viewillustrating the manner in which the cord or tape .forming theextracting loop is connected to the stopper.

Referring by letter to the said drawings: A, indicates the neck of abottle.

B, indicates a stopper which is made from cork or other elastic materialand may be of any suitable form; and 0, indicates the cord or tape bywhich the extracting loop D, is formed. 7 i

The stopper B, is provided, as better shown in Fig. 1, with adiametricalpassage (1, which is preferably arranged adjacent to its lower end andin connecting the tape or cord 0, to said stopper, I first simply bendthe cord or tape upon itself so as to form the loop b,

and then push or otherwise pass the said loop through the passage a, asshown in Fig. 2. I then pass the opposite end of the cord or tapethroughthe loop I), as illustrated, and then draw the said loop back to thecenter of the cork so as to form a second loop 0, which is interlockedwith the loop b, as shown. While it is necessary to employ an implementto push the first loop through the passage a, no implement is necessaryfor drawing the first loop and the second loop interlocked therewithback to the center of the cork, which is an important advantage. Whentheloops '1), c, are drawn to the center of the stopper as shown in Fig. 1,the material from which the stopper is formed will exert a pressure uponthe said loops and will effectually prevent a disconnection of the sameno matter how hard the finger loop D, which extends upward from thestopper as shown, is pulled.

By reason of the constructiondescribed,it will be seen that the-cord ortape may be fixedly connected to the stopper without the employment ofskilled labor and without the aid of fastening devices or adhesivesubstance, and consequently the improved stoppers may be manufactured atslight cost.

It will also be perceived that my improvements do not render thestoppers unsightly and that they-do not interfere inany way with thestopper being driven into the bottle mouth in the usual way;

In the practice of the invention the cord or tape 0, may be made fromany material suitable to the purpose; it being preferable to have saidcord or'tape flattened, as shown, so as to enable it to receiveadvertising matter or the like.

Having described my invention, what I claim is- The combination with acork or other elastic bottle stopper having a diametrical passage as a;of a cord or tape having its ends bent or turned over upon it to formloops and having the said loops interlooked and arranged in the passagea, of the cork or stopper, substantially as specified.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

GEORGE FRENCH ATWOOD.

Witnesses:

WM. 0. HAGUE, CLARABEL D. FLINN.

